Graphite vs Atheneite - What's the difference?
graphite | atheneite |
An allotrope of carbon consisting of planes of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal arrays with the planes stacked loosely that is used as a dry lubricant and in "lead" pencils.
* {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=4 Short for graphite-reinforced plastic, a composite plastic made with graphite fibers noted for light weight strength and stiffness.
A grey colour.
(mineral) A rare metallic compound usually associated with palladium–gold deposits, chemically similar to graphite.
As nouns the difference between graphite and atheneite
is that graphite is while atheneite is (mineral) a rare metallic compound usually associated with palladium–gold deposits, chemically similar to graphite.graphite
English
(wikipedia graphite)Noun
(-)citation, passage=Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite , and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […]}}
- Modern tennis racquets are made of graphite , fibreglass and other man-made materials.